Financial Tribune - The plan to restart the use of smart fuel cards will come into effect in two months.

As per a directive issued by the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company, car owners as of August 11 will be able to buy fuel at the pumps only if they have a smart fuel card, IRNA reported.

According to NIOPDC, using gas station owners' cards instead of car owners' smart cards will be illegal from the day the new rule takes effect.

The directive said the plan, which was first implemented in 2007, has nothing to do with fuel rationing as had been rumored over the past few months when gasoline prices, the cards and rationing issues became the talk of the town.